It's better to conquer them than to command the steel torrent

Chapter 69 | High-quality weapons and high-quality soldiers
It was dawn one day in mid-May.

"The queen of a small country, with no money and no power."

Sigrid murmured softly and came to the balcony on the east side of the palace.

From here you can overlook the entire city - the Danube River is rippling with blue waves, the Margaret Island in the middle of the river is lush and green, and Pest on the east bank is prosperous.

She held a copper blues harmonica and played Stockholm folk songs.

The warm rising sun made her long golden hair shine even more, and the copper harmonica also shone brightly in the reflection.

Despite the difficulties, she still faces them with optimism.

Even if you are sad looking at the cold moon the night before, the warm sun will still rise as usual the next day.

But today is a good day.

The maid Clara walked over slowly with a coffee cup and handed over a letter.

"The reply you've been waiting for has arrived."

"Really? I hope it's good news."

The reply from the Norwegian royal family arrived two days ago. The other party said they could do nothing to help and only gave a small symbolic sum of money.

She couldn't rely on any distant relatives, and Sigrid just hoped that old William would not let her down.

As it turned out, Sigrid's letter for help, which she wrote with great care and consideration, was of very high quality, which made the German Emperor very happy.

Compared with the 1.5 kroner given by the Norwegian royal family, old William generously helped and gave 50 victory marks in one go without blinking an eye.

Of course, even at his age, his arrogance was evident.

In his reply, old William used a comforting tone to tell her not to worry, because the truly powerful and invincible force - the Varland Empire Army can eliminate any threat to Europe at any time.

At the same time, old William called Veronica his great-niece and warned Sigrid not to be frightened by the crazy great-niece.

Sigrid was worried about the arrogance shown by old William, and she always felt that this would bring hidden dangers.

But the money did solve the urgent problem, and she wrote back to express her gratitude.

These 50 marks were equivalent to 100 million pagos, and the heavy weapons ordered by Shang cost 4.2 pagos, and the light weapons cost 34.96 pagos. There would still be a lot left after adding a batch of bullets and artillery shells.

"Let's increase the Guard Fund by 100,000 pagos. Also, their training looks very hard, so I think we should increase the funding for their food," Sigrid said to Clara.

The latter praised sincerely: "You are so kind."

“It’s just a small thing I can do.”

"Okay, I'll take care of it for you."

Generally speaking, as long as the money is in place, everything is fine.

The two arms companies, Skoda and Brno, are probably already familiar with this kind of thing and are extremely efficient.

Just one week after the balance was paid, a train arrived from Bohemia, delivering the weapons and equipment purchased by the Royal Guard.

Early in the morning, Shang Ke gathered all the trucks and set off happily.

He felt that the mood at this moment was ten times stronger than when he picked up a package after shopping online in his previous life. The group almost paraded through the city and went to the unloading area at the train station to transport the arms back.

The soldiers, both men and women, gathered around curiously, and the more active ones started helping to carry the wooden boxes without saying a word.

"Bang! Boom!"

The wood fell to the stone floor with a crisp sound, and everyone looked in the direction of the sound. Who was so clumsy as to drop something?
The lid of the wooden box fell to the side, and several semi-automatic rifles inside slid out, with the muzzles still sealed with sticky yellow gun oil.

Shang Ke walked forward, bent down, picked one up, and looked at this fine weapon made in the Brno Arsenal with the same eyes as he looked at a beautiful woman.

This 4.5-kilogram thing exudes an air of expensiveness from head to toe. A rifle actually uses an aluminum alloy heat sink and a double-action trigger structure. Historically, the main customers of the ZH-29 were the guards of the prodigal young marshal.

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"Try it out and see how it feels." Shang Ke handed the rifle to a female sergeant.

The Hungarian Royal Army has its own rules. The standard rank for psychic warriors is sergeant major, essentially treating them as the highest-ranking soldiers.

The girl took the rifle, picked it up, tried it out, and couldn't let it go. She answered truthfully, "It's a little heavy, but I think I can handle it well."

"Practice well. I want to see you take out three targets in the blink of an eye."

"You really gave it to me, Major?"

"Of course, excellent weapons should be given to excellent soldiers. Don't you think you are not one of them?" Shang Ke asked with a slight smile.

"Yes...oh no, but I will try my best to become one." The girl seemed a little embarrassed being watched by so many people.

"Have faith in yourself, become the best soldier you can be, and dream of becoming a general."

"Understood, Major."

After being unpacked, the weapons were gathered in the armory for inventory and inspection.

The logistics squadron worked overtime, practicing shooting and calibrating guns in the middle of the night, which led to an angry complaint from the Kingdom Garrison.

After everything was done quickly as expected, the logistics squadron began to distribute weapons.

Now Shang has experienced the feeling of upgrading his shotgun to a cannon.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Royal Guard is almost completely new.

Taking advantage of the free time these few days, Shang Ke managed to get some equipment.

Compared to the last time when he went to the door alone to question, this time he tried to take a detour and found a few consultants and technical experts to help out, and then went to the Hungarian Ministry of Defense together to have a friendly talk.

This time, the Hungarian military, which was like a glutton and only wanted to take in but not give out, finally gave in and got some trucks and armored vehicles.

In addition, Shang Ke also got back the four 40mm M34 Bofors anti-aircraft guns that came with Sigrid.

There is nothing wrong with this world-famous classic, but for mobility reasons, Shangke decided to modify it and install it on a truck as a simple self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.

As for armored vehicles, they were undoubtedly all given to the mechanized cavalry squad. There were a total of six Type 36 four-wheel armored vehicles, proudly produced by the Everbright Heavy Industries Group. They weighed 4.1 tons, with a main weapon being a 15.5mm anti-tank gun and a secondary weapon being a 7.36mm coaxial machine gun.

However, in order to ensure the commonality of ammunition, Hungary and Sweden requested that weapons not be equipped, and instead, Solothurn 20mm anti-tank guns (cannons) and Solothurn 7.92mm machine guns were used.

In fact, the same is true for the Type 32 medium tanks imported by Hungary and Sweden. They are all unarmed versions. After purchasing them, they will install the Skoda 47mm long-barreled gun themselves because the European battlefield focuses more on anti-armor capabilities.

After receiving this batch of equipment, the combat effectiveness of the Royal Guard was raised to a higher level and became semi-motorized.

After solving this trouble that had nothing to do with him, Shang Ke felt relieved and had the leisure to carry out his job.

Assault, defense, delay, and building field fortifications are compulsory courses, and sniper tactics and basic anti-tank gymnastics cannot be left behind.

In addition, he had a perfect experimental subject for his envisioned rapid-fire strike mode.

(End of this chapter)